Chapter 91 The Good Luck of York City
"Bill, are you afraid?" Louis kept adjusting his posture in the sky. There were not many anti-aircraft guns that could hit this altitude. According to the ten-second rule, when flying at this altitude, as long as the same speed and flight direction are not maintained for more than ten seconds, it would be impossible to be hit.
"No, Captain, I'm not afraid at all!" Louis thought Bill would be very panicked when he heard that he was going to blow up an aircraft carrier alone, but Bill seemed very calm: "I'm on the plane you are flying. I believe that even if we crash, we can bring that boat into the sea together."
"Very ambitious, Bill!" Louis understood. Bill was mentally prepared to die in battle: "But we won't crash, those guys can't even hit us with a single bullet!"
Louis had already flew above the farthest aircraft carrier, began to adjust his attitude and gradually aimed the fighter at the aircraft carrier below.
"Sit firmly, Bill! This dive may be more exciting than any other time!"
"I get it, Captain!"
Louis would come and bomb the aircraft carrier alone, not a casual decision.
The Japanese fleet opposite has four main aircraft carriers, which are the most threatening existences to Midway Island and several aircraft carriers on its side. Among them, Akagi, Kaga and Aolong, even without Louis' participation, will be severely damaged by the attacks of their comrades and lose their combat capabilities.
The Akagi and Kaga were bombed by their colleagues, while the Aolong was caught by the third bomber squadron that took off in York City.
Only the Flying Dragon was not attacked, so Louis chose this guy and tried to kill all four aircraft carriers of the opponent in this attack.
The Fearless Bomber began to dive at a high speed. When the angle was adjusted and entered the dive state, Louis directly opened the flap and controlled the speed to 250 knots.
If he could, he could not open his flaps for dive bombing, so that the bomber could obtain a very terrible speed. However, even if he could bear it, the fighter's fuselage could not hold on. In order to avoid the embarrassing incident of air disintegration, he could only dive in the normal way.
The Force Sensing was released with all its strength, and a clear three-dimensional image seemed to appear in Louis's mind, presenting all the situations around the fighter plane, including the flight trajectory of various bullets and shells, and which bullets might hit his own plane, made Louis understand clearly.
He ignored most of the shells. Those anti-aircraft shells were more like fireworks to welcome their own arrival in a safe place.
Only a very small number of shells may pose a threat to him. Louis only needs to gently move the joystick in advance or press the pedal lightly to avoid these threats.
From a distance, the dive bombing is almost straight towards the attack target. In fact, from a high altitude to the sea, the aircraft carrier is just a small black dot. During the dive, you need to use a sight to lock the target and then constantly correct the route.
At this height, even if you think you are aiming very accurately, if you really don’t adjust and rush down straight, the final landing point will be quite far from your goal.
Similarly, the anti-aircraft gunner on the ground is also having similar troubles when aiming at the airplane. Even if you feel that you have aimed at the target in the sight, you will find that it does not pose any threat to the other party after the shell is hit.
What's more, both the diving planes and ships on the water are moving at high speed.
For Louis, he chose a "safetest" passage when locking the target and adjusting his course, perfectly avoiding all threatening shells. A few people who are not too threatening cannonballs at most will pass through his fuselage, and except for making some sparks, they did not cause any substantial damage at all.
"Three thousand feet!" Bill in the back seat stared at the altimeter. At this time, he was too lazy to care about the surrounding situation. Even if bullets would pass by the fuselage from time to time, bringing a spark, he was not panicked or scared at all.
"Two thousand feet!"
Louis was even more afraid. For him, this was a very ordinary dive. The anti-aircraft artillery of the Flying Dragon and the surrounding destroyers only created a slight obstacle for him and was not a threat at all.
"One thousand five hundred feet!"
Louis pulled the joystick, gradually adjusted the plane from dive to a flat flight, and threw the bomb at the red dot he had aimed at for a long time.
During this process, he could even "see" the shocked, incredible and desperate eyes of the soldiers on the Flying Dragon, especially the commander, who opened his mouth and stared at him with an expression of doubting that he had hallucinations. After dropping the bomb, Louis waved at the commander, and then accompanied by the shocking explosion, he drove the Flying Dragon away from the Flying Dragon, which had turned into a sea of fire.
"Captain, you did it!"
The bomb dropped by Louis smashed through the flight deck of the Flying Dragon. Judging from the scale of the explosion, it must have detonated the ammunition on the Flying Dragon and triggered a big explosion. Judging from this explosion, even if the Flying Dragon is not heavy, it will lose its combat capability.
At this time, Dick Best, who had completed the bombing first, also noticed the explosion here. He was so surprised that he didn't care that he had not escaped from danger yet, so he directly contacted Louis on the radio: "You guy really did it!"
The single-aircraft dive bombing and severely damaging an aircraft carrier, this kind of thing sounds too fake. Even Dick Best in history, he brought two wingmen to sink the Akagi. The Sinking of the Flying Dragon behind him was a formation attack with more than a dozen bombers.
"I said it a long time ago!" He frantically pulled the joystick and kept stepping on the pedal with his feet. Louis drove the fearless style and kept maneuvering at an ultra-low altitude.
After the dive bombing, he also plunged into the center of the Japanese fleet, surrounded by enemy warships, pouring fire on him frantically.
What caused the Japanese army to collapse happened. Even with such a dense firepower network, the bomber rushed left and right and made various movements like aerobatics, and seemed to be torn into pieces by countless bullets at any time, but no bullet could hit this guy!
In the blink of an eye, the bomber had already left, leaving a group of sailors staring at him.
"Captain, it seems we are out of the danger zone."
The dive bomber will not be immediately lifted after completing the bombing, and it will easily become a living target. After completing the bombing, pulling the plane into a flat-flying posture, it is the correct way to use the high speed obtained by diving to escape from the dangerous area as soon as possible. Therefore, Louis just rushed forward at a low altitude for a while, and even passed by several destroyers, and greeted them enthusiastically with a machine gun several times.
"Now, we can return."
After Louis drove the plane out of the Japanese fleet, he soon saw Dick, who had just left the dangerous area. The entire sixth bomber formation suffered heavy losses during diving, and even fewer could rush out after completing the diving. He returned in the direction of the Enterprise, and most of the people were still following behind him, who were reluctant to let them go and chased them closely.
"That was McLuski's plane. It seems he was in trouble!" Dick was unhappy with McLuski, but he would not mix his personal feelings into the battle, so Dick rushed up immediately.
In addition to McLashky, there is another Fearless aircraft being hunted by Japanese fighter jets. Louis recognized it as Frank's plane, so he and Dick shot down the enemy plane and rescued his comrades.
"Thanks to you arrived in time, Dick, Louis!" McLasky also breathed a sigh of relief. His arm was injured in the battle just now, and now he was flying in enduring pain. He didn't know if he could truly escape the pursuit of Japanese fighter jets in this state.
"You can treat us to a drink when you get back to Pearl Harbor."
"No problem!" He had already left the Japanese fleet and there were no enemy planes behind him to chase him. Although there was not much fuel left, it should be enough to support them to return to the Enterprise: "It's okay to drink as much as you want."
After returning to the Enterprise, the injured McLasky landed first, and the subsequent several planes stopped steadily on the deck without any accidents.
As soon as I got off the plane, I saw Dekins who came back first. After experiencing such a battle, it is a happy thing to see friends after returning. Dekins was also very happy to see the two of them return safely.
"Why are you back so quickly?"
"I'm lucky. After the bombing, no Japanese wanted to keep me."
Louis, Dick and the others were both entangled with the Japanese fighter jets for a while, and they were delayed for some time.
"Do you know? This guy Louis is much crazy than me. He actually ran to bomb the Japanese aircraft carrier alone, and he was so fucked!"
Although the battle has not been completely over, some of the results have been passed back one after another. The dive bomber formation dispatched by the Enterprise successfully threw the bombs onto Akagi, Kaga and Flying Dragon. Moreover, the Aolong was attacked by the dive bombers of the York City dive bombers. In other words, the four Japanese aircraft carriers were hit by bombs, but it is not clear how seriously these aircraft carriers were injured.
"Beautiful job, guys!"
Commander Spruins, who received the news, personally ran to the deck to welcome the returning pilots. When he heard that Louis was actually running alone to blow up the Flying Dragon, Spruins was surprised.
"This is a miracle."
When the formation conducts dive bombing, a large number of pilots will die during the dive process. There is no difference between an aircraft attacking an aircraft carrier and killing him. Did Louis actually succeed?
As for Louis' disobeying orders to leave the formation alone, it is completely worth mentioning after achieving such a huge victory. Everyone ignored this detail. Even if someone asked, he would only get: 'The pilot has the right to make a decision based on the situation on the battlefield!'
“My luck has always been good.”
Chapter completed!